QB Geno Smith has been moved from the Seahawks to the Raiders, with the Detroit Lions contributing to the deal.
A significant trade occurred in the NFL on Friday. The Seattle Seahawks traded their starting quarterback Geno Smith to the Las Vegas Raiders for a third-round draft selection. It’s a transaction with significant effects on the quarterback market during free agency and the 2025 NFL Draft.
Whether you believe it or not, the Detroit Lions were involved in the agreement.
The third-round selection dealt by the Raiders to Seattle for Smith was obtained by Las Vegas in the trade last autumn that transferred WR Davante Adams from the Raiders to the Jets. That selection isn’t actually New York’s third-round pick. It’s the 92nd selection in the 2025 NFL Draft, initially belonging to Detroit in the third round.
The Lions swapped that selection in the 2024 NFL Draft to ascend and choose OL Giovanni Manu in the fourth round. The Jets traded that Lions selection to the Raiders for Adams, who has entered free agency after being let go this week. The Raiders have now converted the pick the Lions used to choose Manu into their new starting QB, Geno Smith.
Maybe the Seahawks could flip the pick back to the Lions eventually…